Check out the Server and Cloud Platform Blog post by David Mills! See http://blogs.technet.com/b/server-cloud/archive/2011/11/10/system-center-operations-manager-2012-release-candidate-from-the-datacenter-to-the-cloud.aspx . Download it now!! ...read...

Here’s another good KB article we published today that shows you how to import AVIcode 5.7 templates after upgrading to the 2012 version of OpsMgr: ===== Symptoms After upgrading a System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 management group that was integrated...

Operations Manager 2012 network monitoring functions differently than it did in Operations Manager 2007. Monitoring for existing instances of network devices is backwards compatible, but no new devices can be added using the existing monitoring. These...

In a previous post , my co-worker Chris showed off our new Performance Widget and detailed how to configure it. Continuing with our series of post on Dashboards and Widgets in System Center Operations Manager 2012, today I plan on focusing on configuring...

Here’s another good KB article we published today. If you’re seeing error 0x80070520 when trying to deploy the OpsMgr agent then this one is for you: ===== Summary Deploying agents from the Operations Manager Shell using the Install-Agent cmdlet...

OM Community, System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 now supports SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 . Note: We will have the Supported Configuration posted in the next few weeks to make this more official, but feel free to go ahead and install it. Thanks! Nishtha...

Overview
The Monitoring Pack for Active Directory (AD) provides both proactive and reactive monitoring of your Active Directory deployment. It monitors events that various Active Directory components and subsystems place in the Application, System...

In a previous post my friend and co-worker Dale introduced the new Dashboard capability in System Center Operations Manager 2012. He showed a screenshot of a dashboard containing a Performance Widget, but now I want to show you how to configure your own...

http://blogs.catapultsystems.com/cfuller/archive/2011/10/04/new-functionality-in-the-windows-server-core-os-mp-version-6-0-6957-0.aspx
Kevin Holman has already written up on this MP at http://blogs.technet.com/b/kevinholman/archive/2011/09/30/opsmgr...

Just a quick heads up on a new KB article we published today: ===== Symptoms Removing an old product connector from System Center Operations Manager 2007 (OpsMgr 2007) may be necessary if the product connector is no longer used in the environment. There...

Just a quick heads up on a new KB article we published today: ===== Symptoms A System Center Operations Manager 2007 (OpsMgr 2007) management server repeatedly logs events that are similar to the following: Event Type: Information Event Source: OpsMgr...

All thanks to Kevin Holman -some issues being reported – at least there are workarounds
http://blogs.technet.com/b/kevinholman/archive/2011/09/30/opsmgr-new-base-os-mp-6-0-6956-0-adds-cluster-shared-volume-monitoring-bpa-and-many-changes.aspx...

Setting up the Operations Manager Web Part
Why would you want to do this?
General Prerequisites
Installing the Web Part
Setting up a Target Application in the SharePoint Secure Store (Optional)
Setting up the Web Part Environment
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As you’ve likely seen or heard, System Center Operations Manager 2012 contains significant enhancements in the ability to display data through the use of its new dashboard technologies. This post is the first in a series of dashboard-related posts...

Congratulations to our 2 SCOM 2012 Beta Survey Sweepstakes winners:
Vedran Matica and Silvio Di Benedetto
They each won an XBox 360 and Kinect!
T hank-you to everyone that completed surveys, your feedback will help us deliver a better product...

If you know Dan Rogers from the Operations Manager forums and industry events in the OM space, you'll want to subscribe to his new blog here:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/manageability_aint_easy/ ...read more

In our documentation for authoring Operations Manager management packs, we regularly reference the Management Pack Development Kit , mainly the Module Type Reference that includes reference documentation for the modules that are included in the standard...

Hi everyone, Eddy Pacay here once again with some useful knowledge on MP Authoring and rules for performance collection in System Center Operations Manager 2007 (SCOM 2007). I have recently come across a very unique scenario where a single performance...

There are many questions on which components of network devices are monitored for System Center network monitoring. This post will hopefully clear up some of those questions as the post will cover what gets monitored and the conditions where the monitoring...

Here’s a new OpsMgr 2007 KB article we published today. If you’re looking for some tips on hotfixes and changes for System Center Operations Manager 2007 (OpsMgr) Agent Health then this one’s for you: ===== Summary This article is intended to give some...

For the Operations Manager 2012 release, we have made some big changes in the setup and upgrade areas to make the deployment experience more simple, intuitive, and easy to use. In this post, I’m going to go through some of the major changes in the...

Here’s a new SCVMM 2008/OpsMgr 2007 KB article we published this morning. If you’re seeing an issue where PRO Tips alerts are unexpectedly being removed from the PRO Tips alerts window then you’ll want to check this one out: ===== Symptoms PRO Tips...

What is Standard Data Set Maintenance? Standard Data Set Maintenance is a workflow that runs against the Data Warehouse to aggregate, optimize, and groom data. This workflow runs on the RMS and is triggered every 60 seconds. There is a hard-coded timeout...